My father was grounded, a very meat-and-potatoes man. He was a baker.

Hitchcock was such a master of putting on screen things that made you uneasy. Somebody once asked him what frightened him most, and he said the police. He came from a poor background. I think he understood those fears.

Shakespeare's so bloody difficult, and I don't like failure. You can fail on film, but there's nobody actually there in the flesh to watch you failing.

I love to have a laugh. I like to tease people.

I am young! Being creative and keeping your brain occupied is very sensible because if you don't you die, slowly.

I would like to go back to Wales. I'm obsessed with my childhood and at least three times a week dream I am back there.

When people call me Sir Anthony I just think oh, that's a bit odd. But I'm not cynical about it. Um, I just feel more comfortable being called Tony or Mr. Hopkins, whatever name I'm called.